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September 15, 1966 The Honorable 'fvan Allen Mayor of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: Congratulations on your handling of the recent riots in Atlanta. As a former Atlantan living in Boston, I am able to make comparisons between the two cities~ However wrong Stokely Carmichael may be when making inflanunatory statements, his remarks can carry weight only when people are motivated to listen--and poverty, unemployment, and pol ice brutality are strong motivators. I believe that these conditions exist in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Atlanta is far out in front because of the biracial dialogue that has developed, but even this was not developed overnight, and I can recall when Martin Luther King's viewpoint was considered "radical" by Atlanta's ruling bodies. Please continue the good work you are doing, but please remember that although Stokeley : Cannichael 's views have been distorted, perhaps by· his own milieu , the seeds of truth created them and the resulting riots. Sincerely yours, fJ~~ q · ( , '·-1-JA~ Myrnf R. Truitt (Miss) 1680 Commonwealth Avenue #3 Brighton, Massachusetts 02135 �